Author: Pius Ayinor
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Nigeria’s D’Tigress beat Mali to win 5th-straight African title
Pius Ayinor Nigeria’s D’Tigress have cemented their dominance in African women’s basketball, by winning their fifth consecutive Women’s AfroBasket title with a lovely 78-64 victory over Mali. The game was played Sunday night in Abidjan. The Malians started off with their supporters and won the first quarter 26-21. And as in their precious three games…
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Athletics: Okon emerges the fastest man in Nigeria
The men’s 100m final of the 2025 Road to Tokyo National Athletics Trials at the tartan track of the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, on Saturday lived up to the expectation as Israel Okon became the new National Champion. The defending champion, Kanyinsola Ajayi, was conspicuously missing after failing to take part in the semis…
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Nigeria’s D’Tigress beat Senegal for the seventh time in a row, to face Mali in Sunday’s final
Nigeria survived a hard-fought test, beating arch rivals Senegal to advance to the Women’s AfroBasket final for the fifth time in a row. In a game with three crucial lead changes, the reigning champions, Nigeria, prevailed with a final score of 75-68. With this victory, Nigeria extended their Women’s AfroBasket winning streak to 28 games,…
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Nigeria’s athletics future still very bright – AFN President
The President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, (AFN), Chief Tonobok Okowa, strongly believes that the future of athletics in Nigeria is bright. He gave this assurance on Friday during an interview with journalists during the AFN National Trials at the Yaba College of Technology Sports Complex in Lagos. He based his confidence on the…
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How are you Nigerian? – Super Falcons defender, Plumptre narrates first day experience in camp
Super Falcons defender Ashleigh Plumptre has spoken of the initial reactions of her Super Falcons teammates during her first camp with Nigeria women’s national team in Austria. The Leicester-born player with a mixed parentage had played for England’s Young Lionesses and was provisionally cap-tied to her country of birth before FIFA approved her request to…
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Rwanda and Mali crowned Giants of Africa Festival 2025 boys and girls champions
The boys from Rwanda and the girls from Mali were crowned champions of the Giants of Africa 2025 Festival late on Friday. The event which took place at the newly opened Zaria Court Kigali ended with a co-ed All-Star game. The All-Stars were selected by Giants of Africa coaches. Rwanda defeated Senegal 27-24 in the…
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Masai Ujiri challenges African youth to dream bigger
Giants of Africa Co-Founder Masai Ujiri has asked African youth to believe in their potential, grow with purpose, and uplift others along the way. He says the future of the continent rests in their hands. He said this in Kigali, at the International Youth Day Forum held at BK Arena in Kigali, where over 2,000…
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Nigeria’s D’Tigress thrash Cameroon 83-47, move closer to record fifth consecutive title
●To meet Senegal in semi-finals Six-time champions, Nigeria’s D’Tigress, have advanced to the semifinals of the 2025 Women’s AfroBasket courtesy of a commanding 83-47 defeat of Cameroon and keeping their title defense campaign alive. The victory extends their unbeaten run in Africa to 27, dating back to 2015, while moving them closer to a record…
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Amusan leads Nigeria’s best athletes to National Trials starting on Friday
The best Nigerian athletes at home and abroad will begin their quest to seal their places for the World Athletics Championships with the Trials starting in Lagos on Friday. The three day National Trials has been set by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) to select athletes who will represent Nigeria at the World Athletics…
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President Tinubu and the Super Falcons Largesse – A Call for Retraction
By Godwin Kienka I had been a big fan of Bola Ahmed Tinubu from his days as Governor of Lagos State. Two things endeared him to me. One was the dualization of several inner roads in Lagos like the Ojuelegba-Lawanson Road which broke through to the FESTAC axis. Going to the Golden Tulip where I…
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